AI use Question

[onehitwanda]

Anyone can learn to write, and it costs functionally nothing.

Just time and a desire to actually learn, both of which seem to be in short supply in this 10-second-dopamine-fix world we've created.

 

[StillStunned]

Just time and a desire to actually learn, both of which seem to be in short supply in this 10-second-dopamine-fix world we've created.

And a willingness to receive criticism.

Preferably also a cat.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

Now that I go back and read the message it states:

This means not only the text of our stories but also the art, audio, and photos must be taken by you or the illustrations made by you - or the work of a collaborator who has given permission for the image to be used in your work. Currently, the copyright of an A.I.-generated artwork is uncertain. For this reason, we do not accept work generated using A.I. Please verify that the all parts of this are created by a human.

So now I assume that is the AI Audio voice. It is the only way I can do an Audio story, which is what I enjoy doing. My goal is to eventually create stories that are like old time radio dramas. However the problem is that I am not a great speaker and frankly I would not want to hear me narrate a story. In the past I have used AI voices without a problem. This must be an updated policy.

I understand not allowing AI text, but in my opinion Audio of your own text should be ok. Copyright is a lame excuse. I don't mind declaring my Audios copyright free. I just want people to hear them, whether the like them or not.

So I guess I will have to stop posting on the site. I'll go back to posting on Youtube for those 20 views that my vids received.

I only posted one AI generated audio story here as a test of the technology, almost exactly two years ago, and I have even reported this to Laurel as one that she is free to take down if she wants to, but it remains for some reason.

I have converted other stories published here to AI-generated audio, but they are too long and the files too large to publish on Lit, so I posted them to Audiomack and make a little money off them there. (Here is a link to sample a reading from one of my published stories on Literotica that has been converted to audio and published on a different platform.) I also used AI to generate the voices and sounds for my published middle-grade book and sell it on Audiomack under a different user account.

I use Amazon Polly for the generic voices and Audacity for compilation. It takes patience and a lot of editing to get some of them to sound realistic, but it can be done. There is also the option of utilizing an application such as Revoicer to clone your own voice, which eliminates any potential copyright concerns.

 

[onehitwanda]

Preferably also a cat.

Shroëdinger's cat-box.

 

[yowser]

Quantum kitties.

 

[xman5]

I only posted one AI generated audio story here as a test of the technology, almost exactly two years ago, and I have even reported this to Laurel as one that she is free to take down if she wants to, but it remains for some reason.

I have converted other stories published here to AI-generated audio, but they are too long and the files too large to publish on Lit, so I posted them to Audiomack and make a little money off them there. (Here is a link to sample a reading from one of my published stories on Literotica that has been converted to audio and published on a different platform.) I also used AI to generate the voices and sounds for my published middle-grade book and sell it on Audiomack under a different user account.

I use Amazon Polly for the generic voices and Audacity for compilation. It takes patience and a lot of editing to get some of them to sound realistic, but it can be done. There is also the option of utilizing an application such as Revoicer to clone your own voice, which eliminates any potential copyright concerns.

I have been testing the story with my own voice. I have a medium NY accent and I tried to narrate accent free. I also used Audacity ( a great free program) to compile it. Oddly enough I ended up sounding like Christopher Walken as I added his strange inflection to my speech pattern. I am some what of an amateur at home musician, so I am not unfamiliar with using Pro tools. So I am taking my narration and trying to run it thru pitch correction and a vocoder to change the shape of the sound wave. Also a compressor , echo etc. This is not AI and is what Music producers have been using for 30 years. A lot of manual work. Hopefully I can find a satisfying template. Right now it sounds like across between Christopher Walken and Joan Jet.

 

[StillStunned]

Right now it sounds like across between Christopher Walken and Joan Jet.

If Christopher Walken and Joan Jett had a child, it would be the coolest human being ever.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

If Christopher Walken and Joan Jett had a child, it would be the coolest human being ever.

"ChatGPT, generate for me a real human being that is a genetic combination of Christopher Walken and Joan Jett."

 

[StillStunned]

I'd watch that as a remake of Weird Science.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

I have been testing the story with my own voice. I have a medium NY accent and I tried to narrate accent free. I also used Audacity ( a great free program) to compile it. Oddly enough I ended up sounding like Christopher Walken as I added his strange inflection to my speech pattern. I am some what of an amateur at home musician, so I am not unfamiliar with using Pro tools. So I am taking my narration and trying to run it thru pitch correction and a vocoder to change the shape of the sound wave. Also a compressor , echo etc. This is not AI and is what Music producers have been using for 30 years. A lot of manual work. Hopefully I can find a satisfying template. Right now it sounds like across between Christopher Walken and Joan Jet.

Have you tried Amazon Polly?

 

[xman5]

Have you tried Amazon Polly?

I know it's good but, I don't want to pay for anything. But you still can not use AI on hear . Speechify is also good. They have Gwyneth Paltrow as a voice, but it costs money. There are some ok ones that are free . They usually lack options. That is what I have used in the past. I also used MS Speech from Azure with a free trial account. That was very , good as you can use a voice with different emotions.

There is also Eleven Labs, Revoicer. It is happening and can not be avoided.